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WASHINGTON For the first time this decade, Congress is set to have a full-fledged war debate. The White House wants pure kabuki with no practical effect; lawmakers, most of whom have never voted to send men and women into harm's way, will have to choose whether to go along. President Barack Obama is intent on doing what he wants either way as he already has in his undeclared war on the Islamic State terror group for months, with Congress on the sidelines. If Congress doesn't act, he'll continue to wage war using the 2001 Authorization of Use of Military Force following the 9/11 attacks as his pretext, even though the group also known as ISIS or ISIL didn't exist when it...

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WASHINGTON For the first time this decade, Congress is set to have a full-fledged war debate. The White House wants pure kabuki with no practical effect; lawmakers, most of whom have never voted to send men and women into harm's way, will have to choose...